if there were not forif not forje skraćeni oblik?

Odgovor izvorne govornice
Rebecca
if not forse može koristiti i sama. To nije skraćenica, ali je slična značenju i funkciji izraza if it were not for, were it not for, if it was not for, was it not for, was it not for. Ovaj izraz je in the absence of ..., ~ would have happened (ako ... Da nije bilo ovoga, desilo bi se. Primer: If it wasn't for my father's quick reflexes, we would have gotten into an accident. (Da nije bilo tatinih brzih refleksa, imali bismo nesreću.) Primer: If it weren't for my bad math scores, I would have gotten into a better university. (Da nisam imao loše ocene iz matematike, mogao sam da udomim bolji fakultet.)